S Rifca Stanescu gave birth to her daughter Maria when she was only 13 !And now at 12 ,Maria is a mother to a 2-year-old boy.

Despite Rifca Stanescu's pleas for her daughter Maria to stay in school,the 11-year-old girl ran away,got married and got pregnant with her husband's baby. That's right,she was only 11 !History repeats itself.

At the age of 11,Rifca ran away with her now husband Ionel,who was only 13 at the time. The pair got married and conceived Maria. "I am happy to be a grandmother but I wished something else for Maria,and something else for me," Rifca tells the The Sun. "Ion is a good boy,and he is already engaged to a girl aged 8. Boys are always good to have,they don't have to suffer as much girls I think."

Already engaged? Seems weird right,but in Romanian gypsy culture that's normal. Rifca was promised to be married to someone else at the age of two,but once she met Ionel,she de?nied her family's wishes and ran away with him. "I wanted to marry him,so I agreed,and of course after we had spent the night together then there was no way anyone could separate us”， Rifca explains.

In gypsy culture,virginity is greatly prized and girls marry young so that their new hus?bands are assured they are virgins. If a woman loses her virginity before marriage,the deal is off. After Maria's birth,Ionel's family paid Rifca's father a dowry (嫁妝) and so that everything could be settled.

So when Maria decided at the age of 11 to get married,Rifca couldn't really do anything about it. "I did not try to stop my daughter getting married because this is the tradition," she says, "it's what happens."

(   ) 1. Which of these is the best definition of the word " conceived"？

   A. Think carefully about. B. Take into consideration.

   C. The process of giving birth. D. Become pregnant.

(   ) 2. Why do the girls marry so young in Romanian gypsy culture?

   A. Because their families are really so poor.

   B. This is the traditional custom.

   C. The girls want to look for their better life.

   D. Their husbands want to identify they are virgins.

(   ) 3. Which of the following is the right order of the story?

a. Ion is engaged to a girl aged 8.

b. Rifca ran away with her now husband Ionel at the age of 11.

c. Maria got married and got pregnant at the age of 11.

d. Rifca gave birth to her daughter Maria when she was only 13.

e. Rifca was promised to be married to someone at the age of two.

f. Maria is a mother to a 2-year-old boy,Ion.

   A. ecfabd   B. ebdcfa   C. bedfca   D. bdcefa

(   ) 4. What is the main meaning of the passage?

   A. The world youngest granny ― only twentythree years old this year.

   B. In gypsy culture,virginity is greatly prized.

   C. Rifca,the 11-year-old girl,ran away,got married and got pregnant with her husband's baby.

   D. Rifca gave birth to her daughter Maria when only 13 ,and now at 12 ,Maria is a mother to a 2-year-old boy.

 DDBA

"世界上最年輕的奶奶今年年僅23歲"這樣的事情讀起來讓人感慨。是什么樣的習(xí)俗、是什么原因使得這樣年紀(jì)的女孩就早早結(jié)婚生子？

1. D詞義猜測題。結(jié)合上下文判斷出該詞的確切意義。

2. D推理判斷題。 B項(xiàng)有些干擾，這確實(shí)是一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗，但主要的目的是要確保女孩的女兒身。因此答案應(yīng)選 D.

3. B故事情節(jié)排序題。

4. A全文歸納題。根據(jù)全文總體把握，A項(xiàng)可以表達(dá)出此意境。

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